Rail-anchor and tie-spacer.



A. L. PIER.

HAIL A NCHOR'AND',T|E SPACER. APPLICATION FILED mum-20. I914. RENEWED MAY 12.1916.

' Patented July 25,1916.

Elmoewtoz wmf T the object of' my ALBERT. L.- r1ER, or Lourssune, WISCONSIN.

BAIL-ANCHOR AND TIE-SPACER.

1,192,109. a Application fil ed To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT L. PIER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisburg, in the county of Grant, and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Anchors and v Tie-Spacers, of; which the following 13- a specifioation.' v In the operation of railroads, a'serious cause of accidents is the spreading or other". movement of the rails and also of ties, and invention isto firmly anchor the rails andv also to adjustablyspace the ties and. hold them in adjust-ably I 15 spaced positions and this without bolts and nuts. H j

The specification following-taken in'con- I nection with the drawings accompanying the same and forming apart hereof will definitely point out and illustrate the con-.

"struction I prefer, and the mode in which it operates.

Figure l is a perspective view of my device.

" Fig. 2 is a plan-view of mydev ice set bespoiiding parts in each of the tween the ties'. Y Fig. -3 is a perspective v iew Fig. -l is avertical perspective'view of the plug and Fig. 6 isa side view of the keyfor locking the members together.

Like characters of reference denote correfigures. Referring to the drawings, 2 is one of the body members and 4 isthe other member. These members are provided with cogs or corrugations 5. of the members are adaptedto mesh or fit intofleach other and by these the device is adjusted longitudinally and the ends of the members brought into engagement with the ties to hold them at a given distance apart. To the member 2 is secured a book 8 adapted to engage the flange 10 of thearail i;

on one side. The hook is reinforced by the ribs 12 and to the member l'is attached a plate 14 terminating in a hook 15 adapted to engage the opposite edge of the flange 10 of the rail. The hook 8 with the reinforce, ments 12 may be cast'integral with the memher 2 andthe plate 1/1 and hook 15 may also be cast integral with the member 1. Through the central portion of both menibers are rectangular slots 16 through which a'rectangular plug 20 is inserted. The' plug 20 is provided with a slot 22 inwliich a lock 3 ing key .25 is inserted and locks the two Specification of Letters Patent.

' rail, and firmly These corrugations on each and 15 rigidly in engagement with the flanges of the rail.

The inside of the plug 20 is roughened or corrugated at 23 and the 7 key 25 is also roughened or corrugated 3.1132 to engage the corrugations 23 on the inside of the plug, whereby the key is kept from being jarred out or loosened. v 1 T he mode of operation position, and when they are in the position desired the plug 20 'is placed in position through the slots 16 and the key-25 'is'forced down into the slot 22 with the corrugations 32 in engagement with the corrugations'23 in the plug and rigidly'togetherand the hooks 8 and 15 into rigid engagement with the flanges of the position. In this manner the rail is an.

choredand the tiesarespaced and held in Patented .niiyea, 1916. march 20, 1914, Seria1 No. 825,945. aenew aria 12, 1,916. "Serial No. 97,180.

this draws the two members members 2 and 4 together and the hooks 8 '65 issubstantially as; follows: The two hooks 8 and 15 ofthe inenis'- bers'are brought into'engageinent with the of, the rail preferably about the middle of the rail andthe corrugations 5- member are also brought 'intoje'ntwo ties 9 and hold the two ties in the same holds them in the locked the spaced position by engagement with the ends of the two members. adjusted so tiesspaced Having now described my I claim is:

at different distances apart.

invention what.

1. In a device of the character described,

two members each having one irregular; surface adapted to be engaged by theirregular...

surface of the other, IIIQRIlSlfOl adjusting the members longitudinally to adap tthem to engage ties set at different distances apart,; members for for locking the means connected with the grasping a rail, and means two members together while iii engagement They can also be as to adapt them to'rest between with a rail and in their usted position be- I tween two ties.

' '2. In a device of-the'chara'cter described,

two 7 members provided with corrugations adapted to engage each oiher, means connectedwitli the members or engaging the opposite edges of the flange of a rail, means for adjusting the members to adapt them to engage adjacent sides of ties spaced at diffei-entdistaiices apart, and-a. plug and key for locking tlietivo members together in their adjusted position.

the opposite edges of a rail and each mem- V ber provided with a slot, a plug provided 10 with a slot and adapted to be inserted in the slots in the members, and a key engagingl the slot in the plug to lock the two members together and space the ties and anchor the rails. v r In testimony whereof I affix my signature 15 in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT L. PIER. i Witnesses M. M. CADY, I M. M: Hum. 

